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减少

jiǎn shǎo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 減少

减少 (jiǎn shǎo) means "decrease/reduce". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 减少 means

1. to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

The characters in 减少

• 减jiǎnto lower; to decrease; to reduce
• 少shǎofew; less; to lack

Example sentences

• 米的产量减少了。
  Mǐ de chǎnliàng jiǎnshǎo le.
  Production of rice has decreased.
• 事故没减少而增加。
  Instead of fewer accidents there are more.
• 他的内疚感减少了。
  His sense of guilt was diminished.
• 这与减少开支无关。
  It's not about cost reduction.
• 日本的人口在减少。
  Japan's population is declining.
• 我这个月要减少开支。
  Wǒ zhège yuè yào jiǎnshǎo kāizhī.
  I have to reduce my expenses this month.

Words containing 减少

• 发热伴血小板减少综合征fā rè bàn xuè xiǎo bǎn jiǎn shǎo zōng hé zhēngsevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)

Where 减少 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Shopping & everyday consumption (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǎn shǎo correctly.
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